Monday, August 26, 2013

Alright, folks! The lid is off the vault! I've cracked open my stash of oil paintings that I've done for various card companies over the years and included them in my Kickstarter campaign! Check it out at: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129071878/the-zombie-axiom-a-novel . One of the images is shown below. It's Truthtrance Inquest, a painting of a Bene Gesserit sister I did for the Dune CCG.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Here it is at last! Ok, folks... the Kickstarter campaign for "The Zombie Axiom" is now officially started!! Please take a look and contribute! Even if zombies aren't your thing, do it to help a friend! Here is the link: The Zombie Axiom Kickstarter!I'll be keeping you posted on how it is doing as we go!

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

... and the Kickstarter campaign for the book is set to start tomorrow! Excited to see some action on this. I gotta tell ya. If you want to check out the Facebook page, click here: "The Zombie Axiom" Facebook Page

Make sure to give it a LIKE while you're there! I'll post more info on the Kickstarter tomorrow. Stay tuned!

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Back from New York, and and the process of self-publishing the book grinds on. Through my agent, I've located a copy/line editor who will give my book a read and let me know all of the mistakes I've made. Let there be none. Let there be none...I've also been hashing out my Kickstarter campaign, because every good project (or even, "any" project) should have a Kickstarter campaign to usher in either wonderful success or hand-wringing failure.So here is for success! Stay tuned to see how it goes. It may be ugly.

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David Monette was born and raised in the cold rural hinterlands of upstate New York. As a typical kid in a typical community, life for him was pretty… typical. He liked to draw creatures and contraptions but as the second born of four sons, such ability was merely a convenient way of standing out from the crowd. As he inexpertly stumbled through high school, his talent for capturing the images in his head onto paper was noticed and encouraged by both teachers and family members. Without any other idea of what to do with himself after graduation, besides a vague idea of doing something art oriented, he decided to attend Mohawk Valley Community College where he received his associate’s degree in Advertising Design and Production. Acting on excellent advice from his teachers at this institution, he went on to Syracuse University where he learned a great deal about art and eventually wound up with a bachelor’s degree in Illustration. With a disturbingly large amount of student debt and a decent portfolio, he learned what it was to be a starving artist. Namely, he found that artists don’t starve; they simply pick up an endless series of part time work to pay the rent while continuing to plug away at their true passion. This is essentially what he did until he received his first illustration job and from that point on, he didn't look back. As an illustrator, his highly detailed fantasy and science fiction work has appeared in many books, magazines, board games, and collectible card games for such varied publishers as Dell Publishing, Wizards of the Coast, and Atlas Games. Initially, he had completed these diverse projects utilizing oil and acrylic paints as well as pen and inks. As digital technology continued to improve, however, he decided it was time to tackle the arduous task of mastering the computer and eventually figured out a way to adapt his style to a digital format. With this knowledge and experience, he went back to school and received his master’s degree in Illustration from the University of Hartford. While there, his instructors reviewed his written work and had strongly suggested that he combine his writing ability with his talent as an illustrator to chart his own path. And hence, "The Zombie Axiom" was born.